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A man who ran over and killed his girlfriend’s brother on the night they first met has been found guilty of murder. Martin O'Donovan died aged 47 after being hit by Stephen Bates' Ford Fiesta outside his sister's home in Liverpool. ‌

His mum's 70th birthday party was taking place at the time. The pair were said to have "hit it off straight away," but later fell into a drunken brawl when the 42-year-old defendant apparently insisted on driving home. ‌

This is despite him having drank a cocktail of Jagerbombs, Stella Artois, Red Bull and vodka throughout the night. He then allegedly threatened that he would "pay someone to come and get" the other man before returning to the scene in his car and "deliberately driving straight at him". ‌

Mr O'Donovan was left

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